General Gardening Discussion

Interesting read peeps. I have a Berberis Dawrinii which is totally overgrown and in an awful mess. A month or so ago I cut some three feet off a different berberis (there were no nests) and it has already recovered and is looking great. The Darwinii will have to her the same sort of...

Here is the latest addition to my garden .. Acer palmatum 'Firecracker' just purchased last week and planted yesterday More pics on the link below Acer palmatum 'Firecracker '

Any thoughts anyone.??

It seems your sign "PLEASE DO NOT FLY TIP A STUNNING ARRAY OF BEAUTIFUL PLANTS OUTSIDE THESE PREMISES" clearly seems to have not worked

With supermarkets, unsold food is collected by food banks to be distributed to those who can't afford to feed themselves properly. Perhaps the same should be done with unsold plants, in other words we need a "plant bank" organisation which collects unsold plants and distributes them to people...

Thanks for the update @rustyroots Always good to see how things turned out; glad this turned out well for you.

Good morning @KFF my friend just testing and thank for informing yours truly very much appreciated,as I only know about Roses 4 correct out of 6 is good for me ,enjoy your day my friend

What a lovely space! What you describe as "a small planting area" (please forgive me in advance) I would call: the place where they ran out of paving! To my mind it is far too narrow to do anything with as it stands in its current condition - it will be very dry due to the paving plus...

Exactly that Howard....have a plan for a topiary shape! Not sure timing affects box beetle necessarily. Timing is mainly about getting quickest regrowth

Could you try emailing GW and asking?

The vast majority of their mail order plants were sold bare rooted unlike most other mail order plant companies and needed to be soil-less for being sent abroad i think. When I have visited their fantastic woodland gardens you see large areas where the Rhododendron and Azalea cuttings are being...

Finally, some replies. Thanks @Logan I took the decision a few days ago to prune out all the affected shoots which was almost ALL of the new shoots. No predators around now unfortunately...in fact I haven't seen a ladybird for ages. So the shoots have gone onto the compost bin and I'll...

For me it has to be Salvia candelabrum. I can germinate the seed, grow them on, get them through the winter but come early spring they croak! Having said that I have finally got one to survive and it is now growing like bejayzus so I may even finally get one to bloom!

Looks like a WWI cemetery!:rasp:

Sounds like sage advice to me! And my thoughts exactly on the weeds.How would you recommend trimming when it comes to it, shearing or mowing?Generally, the collective internet seems to suggest that 3 to 3.5 inches is a good time to cut, and some clumps are certainly getting that way... Alan...

Thanks Verdun!

@Fathead I think that is a very poor situation for you to be in.. If me I would contact planning and ask them to come to you for an "on site" meeting as you want to know if this a breach of planning, and privacy laws.. As they need to see it.. Stay very calm on the phone to the council and...

Dont think you can beat Trachy or Chamaerops, personally. Both fan palms I know but look very different after a few years.Would be nice to find a reliably hardy feather type palm, but `I don't think there is one, I've got a reasonable Butia capitata that has survived 5 yrs or more, but I'm...

@Palustris I had a feeling the molluscs would like it... It just has that look about it... Thanks Pal'@HarryS New to me too but looked so magnificent..

I've got a feeling you might have something like a variegated willow there?Anyway, not really sure what you mean by, "what is this growing on the stem"??The large knot in the stem is the graft and the green leaved parts are coming from the rootstock and should be removed as close to the stem...